The three-time Tour champ said the caller then hung up, and when LeMond redialed he got a voicemail message identifying the call recipient as "Will."

LeMond said he tried calling back three more times, finally getting an answer from someone who identified himself only as "Bill." The conversation was inconclusive, so LeMond hung up and then called the police. A subsequent check of the number saved on LeMond's mobile phone showed that it belonged to Landis's business manager Will Geoghegan.

Barnett [USADA counsel] proceeded to place a Witness Tampering report against Geoghegan on the courtroom's overhead projector. As in most states, witness tampering is a felony in California. Meanwhile, Landis defense team lead attorney Maurice Suh spent several minutes conferring with Geoghegan, whose face and neck were noticeably red. . . .

Moments later Landis attorney Suh announced to the panel that, "To the extent there has been any business relationship between Mr. Landis and Mr. Geoghegan, I would like to inform the panel that Mr. Landis has made the determination that Mr. Geoghegan's services are no longer required and they have separated their agreement as of this moment. And so Mr. Geoghegan is now terminated from the previous position he's had with Mr. Landis."

USADA's Barnett asked for a clarification as to what exactly that role was, to which Suh answered, "He had served in the capacity as business manager at times prior to today. I'm still not sure exactly what the status was as of the last minute but we have decided to terminate all business relationships between Mr. Landis and Mr. Geoghegan as of today... as of right now."

 The VeloNews article provides a great snapshot of the whole colorful-looking proceeding.